Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 8, 2008, 3:27 PM CST for Adams County, Claiborne County, Jefferson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 39 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 8, 2008, 3:27 PM CST (21:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 8, 2008, 4:06 PM CST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Adams County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Jefferson County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 3:30 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Church Hill, MS | TREES AND A FEW POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Jan 8, 3:30 PM CST | TORNADO 0 | 1 S Church Hill, MS | TORNADO OCCURRED IN A RURAL AREA. SEVERAL TREES WERE DOWNED ACROSS BOTH STATE HIGHWAY 533 AND THE NATCHEZ TRACK PARKWAY IN A CONVERGENT PATH. PATH LENGTH OF 4 MILES...MAX WIDTH OF 50 YD...AND MAX WINDS OF 70 MPH. |
| Jan 8, 3:45 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Fayette, MS | POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN FAYETTE. |
| Jan 8, 3:47 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Fayette, MS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 123 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 979 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 444 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KJAN 082127
TORJAN
MSC001-021-063-082215-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0001.080108T2127Z-080108T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
327 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHWESTERN CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 415 PM CST
* AT 327 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
TORNADO NEAR CHURCH HILL...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF
NATCHEZ...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CHURCH HILL BY 335 PM CST...
FAYETTE BY 350 PM CST...
LORMAN BY 400 PM CST...
RED LICK BY 405 PM CST...
PATTISON BY 415 PM CST...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3173 9139 3179 9131 3181 9132 3181 9129
3182 9125 3184 9125 3202 9095 3168 9075
3158 9134
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 245DEG 25KT 3170 9129
$$
MRM2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KJAN 082142
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
341 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008
MSC001-082151-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080108T2215Z/
ADAMS MS-
341 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3175 9129 3177 9126 3177 9129 3181 9132
3182 9125 3184 9125 3202 9095 3168 9075
3163 9121
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 245DEG 25KT 3173 9118
$$
MSC021-063-082215-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080108T2215Z/
JEFFERSON MS-CLAIBORNE MS-
341 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN CLAIBORNE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES...
AT 341 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CHURCH HILL...OR ABOUT 17
MILES NORTHEAST OF NATCHEZ...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
FAYETTE BY 350 PM CST...
8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALCORN BY 355 PM CST...
LORMAN BY 400 PM CST...
RED LICK BY 405 PM CST...
PATTISON...7 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLUE HILL AND 9 MILES SOUTH OF PORT
GIBSON BY 415 PM CST...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3175 9129 3177 9126 3177 9129 3181 9132
3182 9125 3184 9125 3202 9095 3168 9075
3163 9121
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 245DEG 25KT 3173 9118
$$
MRM000
WWUS54 KJAN 082206
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
405 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008
MSC021-063-082215-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080108T2215Z/
JEFFERSON MS-CLAIBORNE MS-
405 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CLAIBORNE AND JEFFERSON
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
LAT...LON 3175 9129 3177 9126 3177 9129 3181 9132
3182 9125 3184 9125 3202 9095 3168 9075
3163 9121
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 245DEG 25KT 3180 9100
$$
MRMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 2:12 PM CST | Wind Advisory | JAN | Bolivar, Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena and 5 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 2:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 29 min |
| Jan 8, 2:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 45 min |
| Jan 8, 2:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Claiborne, Jefferson | 38 min |
| Jan 8, 3:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Claiborne, Jefferson | 43 min |
| Jan 8, 3:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower, Washington | 37 min |
| Jan 8, 3:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Leflore | 45 min |
| Jan 8, 4:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Montgomery | 44 min |
| Jan 8, 5:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Montgomery, Webster | 30 min |
| Jan 8, 5:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Rankin, Simpson | 27 min |
| Jan 8, 5:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster | 30 min |
| Jan 8, 5:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Rankin, Simpson | 37 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.